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 -> A, well, 'fucked-up' thesis?
This thesis presents and defends semantic explications for a number of swearwords commonly used in Australian English. Its focus is on different constructions which can be conveyed using the three lexical forms shit, fuck and cunt.
1,565 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
A comprehensive website (at CIA.gov) with all the skinny on Iraq's clandestine affairs.
1,090 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> It's not a bug, it's a feature!
On one of the bleakest days since the invasion began, US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday shrugged off turmoil and looting in Iraq as signs of the people's freedom. "It's untidy, and freedom's untidy," he said.
1,400 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Is SARS a bioterrorism attempt?
Could SARS be an ingenious social experiment featuring institutionalized bioterrorism for widespread psycho-social control?
1,280 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> George Bush says..
Another of the brainy quotes.
1,596 views | 13 Apr 2003
 -> The "rugged" notebooks
The war may have done something positive by creating a whole new "ruggedized" laptop market segment led by Panasonic's Toughbook (used by troops in Iraq).
15,362 views | 12 Apr 2003
 -> Never too late to be a mom
A 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India has given birth to a baby boy, and become the world's oldest mother, according to press reports.
249,537 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> When will they change?
China not reporting all SARS cases, says surgeon.
1,094 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> End of Saddam.
And hopefully the end of war.
1,328 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> The dream machine
The NovaDreamer is a mask that senses when you drift into REM or deep sleep. Gentle lights and sounds from the mask provide subconscious cues that tell you you're dreaming without waking you up. You'll actually be able to control what happens to you durin
1,275 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
1,111 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> Elementary, my dear Watson!
An interesting caption contest from BBC about Sherlock Holmes' statue in London.
1,098 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Our innards -- gross, but that's real life
There are a million 'bugs' on every square centimetre of our skin. One need only swallow 10 of the bacteria to get sick.
1,545 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> A very useful list of start-up programs in Windows
A comprehensive list of the programs you may find that run when you switch on your PC as typically identified by MSCONFIG or the registry "Run" keys - and whether you need them (Windows systems).
1,285 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Hypernova Erupts as Global Telescopes Scramble
The light from a massive explosion 2 billion years ago just arrived March 29th on Earth, thus setting off a global flurry of robotic telescopes to track what turned out to be 100 times more intense than any previously studied supernova events.
1,221 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Mosquito and roach repellent -- the PC!
A Thai computer programmer behind a wildly popular anti-mosquito software package has upgraded his program to also repel cockroaches and rats, the English language Nation newspaper reports.
1,203 views | 04 Apr 2003
 -> Top 100 April Fool's hoaxes of all time
As captioned. Amusing read!
3,537 views | 02 Apr 2003
 -> The spanish flu epidemic of 1918
Did you know it claimed 40 million lives? Wasnt in our generation so we tend not to know, but SARS seems to be donning similar proportions.
15,850 views | 01 Apr 2003
 -> The looming biological warfare
"This is still a dangerous world, a less certain, a less predictable one. . . . Many have chemical and biological weapons. Most troubling of all, the list of these countries includes some of the world?s least-responsible states".
1,163 views | 31 Mar 2003
 -> Meteorites Fall on Chicago Suburbs
Around midnight on Thursday, March 27, residents of several southern Chicago suburbs were woken up by explosions and crashes.
13,899 views | 31 Mar 2003
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